false 763471 4 "Baudelaire, Poe, <i>Dream</i>-Shakespeare, Hollywood, panto, fairy tale: [Angela] Carter wears her influences openly, for she is their deconstructionist, their saboteur." So writes Salman Rushdie in his introduction to this essential dark fantasy collection, the complete stories (1962-1993) of a master of perfervid prose, dark eroticism, northern Gothic exuberance (think Isak Dinesen), and <i>Grand Guignol</i> imagery. (You may be familiar with Neil Jordan's movie <i>The Company of Wolves,</i> based on one of Carter's tales.) As the <i>New York Times</i> writes, "There is an archaic cruel streak in many of these stories. Violence is always a possibility; beauty and courage and passion may prevail, but the weak and the timid go to the wall. In this, Angela Carter is true to the material that inspired her. After all, one reason the old fairy tales have survived for hundreds of years is that they do not try to disguise what the world is really like." 6673728 1995 Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories total:426|5:213|4:155|3:46|2:9|1:3| 426 1844 706 36 5 2 false false Wed Jul 25 12:11:33 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 06 22:15:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 09 23:26:01 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 22 16:03:47 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 12:35:50 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 18:38:06 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 09:37:58 -0800 2008 once the bloody chamber (included in this collection) for the exercise, i de...more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 06:02:16 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 01:10:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 22:31:33 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 19:32:10 -0800 2007
Carter's imagination is dark, elemental and disturbing, and it wends its way through a rich intellectual landscape. I happen to sha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 07:16:18 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 21:32:46 -0700 2008
That said, I enjoyed reading some of her short stories again. I was introduced to Carter and her lush prose in my 500 level Lit Theory class. I suppose my p...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 20 08:50:36 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 08:53:10 -0700 2009 Telegraph article, but I was feeling froggy and thus jumped up on it (Amazon 2009-05-20). Seems to have some strong reviews here, as well as some weak ones; we'll see how it goes. Mmmm, speaking of which, I want to reread some of Ms. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 04 23:39:16 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 23:41:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 16 01:23:05 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 18 00:18:50 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 24 20:53:16 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 14:22:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Jun 30 11:19:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 11:22:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 14:29:07 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:04:08 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 14:29:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 30 10:08:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:09:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Jan 12 12:01:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:02:41 -0800 2009 countless 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 06:11:03 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 06:11:16 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 13:48:49 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 18:36:48 -0800 2007 Recommended based on Salman Rushdie's intro to this book published in his collection Step Across This Line; I'm sad to find out she is no longer with us.

Vivid imagery and crisp characterization, with frequent ventures into the gothic and/or...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 18 17:55:08 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 24 22:20:24 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 17:55:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 26 03:04:45 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 04:52:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 07:56:15 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 19:16:04 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 07:56:15 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 16:36:52 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 17:49:16 -0800 2008